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I have been commissioned by the Octopus Collective to produce a sound art radio programme about the notion of safe spaces. This will be a one hour live show on 27th March 2013 and will be a sonic exploration of these spaces.

If you would like to be involved I am looking for audio recordings of or about safe spaces – it could be a field recording of a space you feel safe and secure in, or a snippet of you playing music that you think conveys this safety. It could be a poem, you talking about how you relax, what you do to feel safe. It is a very open brief, I only ask that you donate your recording under a Creative Commons licence and that you are happy for your work to be used as part of the project, both on the show and in future versions of work. I will of course credit people for work used.

If this sounds ok and you would like to donate a recording to the project send audio files to info@shaunblezard.com and I’ll add them to the sound stocks 🙂 feel free to ask for any further info.

I will be using these files plus my own recordings, including the series of live broadcasts I’ll be producing over the next couple of months – these will be broadcast quite randomly on Spreaker and will include music, chat and field recordings from places I think are relaxing and make me feel safe.

If you would like to be involved in a live broadcast please contact me with your idea – if you want to have a chat about mental health issues and what you do to help recovery, broadcast a place you find safe, play some music etc please let me know. I can travel locally to me (Cumbria or North Lancs) or I can try and sort something out via Skype.

I’m very excited to be given the opportunity to do this show and to start the creative journey with he support of such a great arts collective. I hope you will join me on this first small step of the safe space art adventure. For an idea of the kind of thing I produce see my work for the project Cumbria Remixed.

Oh and just to be clear, I can’t afford to pay anyone for contributing to this show, but don’t let that put you off 🙂